Since GLORY held its memorable “Last Man Standing” event in June, not much has been revealed about the kickboxing promotion’s next card, which is expected to take place in October. The event will be the… Read More

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Wayne Barrett (photo via GLORY)

By Kelsey Mowatt

Since GLORY held its memorable “Last Man Standing” event in June, not much has been revealed about the kickboxing promotion’s next card, which is expected to take place in October. The event will be the first GLORY’s promoted since the appointment of new CEO Jon Franklin, who began guiding the organization last month.

“Yeah, a lot of changes just like every organization I think when they first start out…,” GLORY middleweight Wayne Barrett noted on a recent episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio. “GLORY came in, had some amazing ideas, and they’re just adapting, just like the UFC did…Dana (White) had to restructure it a little bit and we’re just going through the same thing.”

GLORY 17 and “Last Man Standing” went down on June 21st, in Los Angeles, California, and the events were widely praised for the action they delivered. While the televised fights drew well on SPIKE, the card’s pay-per-view buys were reportedly extremely low.

“If I was put to GLORY in a fighter aspect, if I was to say hey GLORY’s a fighter, GLORY just had the biggest fight of its life, had some complications, and didn’t really get the technique off per say, the way they wanted to,” said Barrett, while discussing the promotion’s reported pay-per-view sales. “They’re going to go back to the drawing board and say hey, ‘where did I make my mistakes, where can I improve’, and that’s basically what the company is doing right now.”

In a recent open letter, Franklin relayed that the promotion hopes to hold at least ten events a year, and that the organization plans “to take the show on the road and bring GLORY to more fans in more locations.” The new CEO also noted that SPIKE’s re-broadcast of “Last Man Standing” did “very well.”

“We’ve got to get re-runs, when you have the UFC every night, you just to have to hammer the public more,” furthered Barrett, who KO’d Bogdan Stoica at “Last Man Standing”, before losing a split decision to Joe Schilling. “I know that comes with a time, and a little bit more trust between GLORY and SPIKE, but once every couple of months is not going to do it for exposure.”

Recently it was announced that GLORY has extended its broadcasting deal with SPIKE, which should help keep kickboxing in the forefront of fan’s minds.

“Don’t give up on GLORY yet,” Barrett added near the end of the segment. “I’ve had a big talk with them and I know these guys are just reloading, and they’re just coming in a little smarter this time.”

The 28 year-old Barrett also confirmed he’ll be fighting on GLORY’s next card; however, he’s waiting on the promotion to formally announce his opponent. The fight will be Barrett’s fifth to date with the organization.

“I’m always excited to get in the ring. It gives me purpose. That’s why I decided to become a professional athlete,” said Barrett. “Combat sports lets me know how I am and tests myself. With that long layoff last time, I just want to get back in there as soon as possible.”

There was no shortage of compelling story lines that emerged from GLORY’s middleweight tourney at “Last Man Standing”, including Artem Levin’s championship winning night, Joe Schilling’s KO of Simon Marcus, and Wayne Barrett’s first pro… Read More

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Joe Schilling (left) and Wayne Barrett trade punches

By Kelsey Mowatt

There was no shortage of compelling story lines that emerged from GLORY’s middleweight tourney at “Last Man Standing”, including Artem Levin’s championship winning night, Joe Schilling’s KO of Simon Marcus, and Wayne Barrett’s first pro defeat.

After knocking out Bodgan Stoica in the tourney’s quarterfinals, Barrett’s quest for the title was ended by the aforementioned Schilling, who was awarded a split decision win over his fellow American. For Barrett and his supporters, the night might be forever recalled with a ‘what if’.

“I can’t dwell on it. If the judges saw it one way, they saw it one way. I didn’t do my job because I didn’t knock him out,” Barrett said on Full Contact Fighter Radio recently, while discussing the tightly contested bout with Schilling. “I have to just take it like that. If I say I’m not disappointed, of course I’m disappointed. In my young career I wanted to stay undefeated.”

“Do I feel like Joe won? I don’t know. Maybe he won because I didn’t do what I had to do, but he never once hurt me…In the first round he did not want to engage,” argued Barrett. “In the third round he tried to make a little rally towards the end of the third round, the second round I thought I won hands down. I mean, every fighter has their own mental analysis of the fight, and then there’s the reality of the fight. The reality is that I didn’t knock him out and I paid for it by getting my first controversial loss, but nonetheless it’s a loss and it’s something that definitely disappoints me.”

“Last Man Standing” went down at the Forum in Inglewood, California, which is not far from Schilling’s base camp in Los Angeles.

“You know of course; someone told me afterwards that there’s three parts to it: there’s the politics, the entertainment, and then there’s you know, you have to have the ability to fight,” said Barrett, when asked if he believes Schilling may have benefitted from a hometown setting. “I covered the ability to fight, but I don’t have control of the politics of it all, being in California, and that he’s been promoted so heavily for it you know.”

While Barrett may not agree with how the judges scored Saturday’s fight, there’s no questioning the fact that Schilling was one of the night’s stars. After all, the veteran fighter became the first man to defeat the top ranked Marcus in pro action, and he went on to battle Levin for three rounds.

“Joe’s a tough guy man,” Barrett said about Schilling, who he decisioned last November. “Rivalry or not, I’ll say one thing, he’s a tough S.O.B. man. He’s in there to fight, he’s in there to scrap, and you have to be smart against a guy like that, or else you’ll find yourself flat on your back.”

Since Schilling holds a previous win over Levin, there’s talk that the promotion may look to book a rubber match between the two. Schilling is currently ranked #2 in GLORY’s middleweight division, while Barrett is positioned at #3.

“Artem came to fight man. He did exactly what he had to do,” said Barrett, when asked to assess Levin’s championship winning performance, which also included wins over Alex Pereira and Flip Verlinden. “With all things said, I think I would give Artem a much better fight. Artem’s a guy who you’ve got to be intelligent…I don’t think necessarily Joe really did anything against Artem this time. Artem controlled the fight the whole way. He controlled the fight from round one to three.”

GLORY 17 provided the lead in action for the promotion’s “Last Man Standing” pay-per-view Saturday night, and the card reportedly averaged just under 500,000 viewers for SPIKE.

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Mirko "Cro Cop" Blasting Jarrell Miller with a kick

By FCF Staff

GLORY 17 provided the lead in action for the promotion’s “Last Man Standing” pay-per-view Saturday night, and the card reportedly averaged just under 500,000 viewers for SPIKE.

The card, which featured Gabriel Varga winning a featherweight tourney and Mirko “Cro Cop” defeating Jarrell Miller, averaged 483,000 viewers (figures according to SPIKE). The audience peaked, however, with 862,000 viewers.

GLORY 17 was hosted by the Forum in Inglewood, California, and also featured Andy Ristie knocking out Ky Hollenbeck.

Saturday’s ratings are down a little from GLORY 16 in May, which averaged 498,000 viewers.

The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features talks with GLORY middleweight Wayne Barrett and UFC bantamweight Sarah Moras.

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By FCF Staff

The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features talks with GLORY middleweight Wayne Barrett and UFC bantamweight Sarah Moras.

Barrett is coming off a split decision loss to Joe Schilling at GLORY’s “Last Man Standing” card, after knocking out Bodgan Stoica in the tourney’s quarterfinals. The New York fighter shares his thoughts on the tightly contested bout with Schilling, his win over Stoica, as well as newly crowned champ Artem Levin.

Moras, meanwhile, is getting set for her official Octagon debut, as the Canadian and TUF 18 vet will battle Alexis Dufresne on July 6th. Moras talks about several issues, including her upcoming fight, her goals for 2014, and her home gym, Toshido MMA.

]]>http://fcfighter.com/post/new-full-contact-fighter-radio-features-glorys-wayne-barrett-and-ufcs-sarah-moras/feed0Glory,GLORY 17,Sarah Moras,TUF 18,TUF 19 Finale,UFC,Wayne BarrettBy FCF Staff The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features talks with GLORY middleweight Wayne Barrett and UFC bantamweight Sarah Moras. - Barrett is coming off a split decision loss to Joe Schilling at GLORY’s “Last Man Standing” card,By FCF Staff
The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features talks with GLORY middleweight Wayne Barrett and UFC bantamweight Sarah Moras.
Barrett is coming off a split decision loss to Joe Schilling at GLORY’s “Last Man Standing” card, after knocking out Bodgan Stoica in the tourney’s quarterfinals. The New York fighter shares his thoughts on the tightly contested bout with Schilling, his win over Stoica, as well as newly crowned champ Artem Levin.
Moras, meanwhile, is getting set for her official Octagon debut, as the Canadian and TUF 18 vet will battle Alexis Dufresne on July 6th. Moras talks about several issues, including her upcoming fight, her goals for 2014, and her home gym, Toshido MMA.
You can listen to the show by heading here or via iTunes. The program is also available by clicking the link below.
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If GLORY looks at booking a third bout between Joe Schilling and newly crowned, middleweight champ Artem Levin, the latter wants it to be in his native Russia.

If GLORY looks at booking a third bout between Joe Schilling and newly crowned, middleweight champ Artem Levin, the latter wants it to be in his native Russia.

Levin’s performance at GLORY’s “Last Man Standing” was one of the card’s key story lines, as the renowned striker scored wins over Alex Pereira, Filip Verlinden and Schilling to win the title.

In a follow up interview with GLORY, here is some of what Levin had to say about facing Schilling for a third time.

“I would be down to do it, but I still feel that I won the first fight as well as the second fight,” said Levin, while referring to his 2013, decision loss to Schilling. “The referee made a mistake with the second knockdown call in the first fight. So I feel like I have beaten Schilling twice and a third fight is not necessary, but if people want to see it we can do it.”

“But our fights have both taken place in Los Angeles, so if we fight a third time I would like to invite him to have the fight in Russia.”

Levin also added that in his opinion “GLORY could do well in Russia.”

With his victories on Saturday, the 27 year-old Levin now carries a record of 47-4-1.

GLORY’s “Last Man Standing” tonight will not only feature several high profile bouts, it will mark the promotional debut of Simon Marcus, who is widely considered to be one of kickboxing’s best fighters.

GLORY’s “Last Man Standing” tonight will not only feature several high profile bouts, it will mark the promotional debut of Simon Marcus, who is widely considered to be one of kickboxing’s best fighters.

Marcus, who will compete in the pay-per-view card’s middleweight tourney, recently had this to say about his upcoming debut (quote via GLORY press release):

“It affects my game, but I think it plays to my strengths,” Marcus said, while discussing the differences between Muay Thai rules and those that GLORY utilizes. “A lot of the time I go to the clinch and people get away from my power, which is my punching and my kicking. This is going to be a fight regardless of the rules. I am a fighter and I am the best fighter here, so I am going to do what I am going to do.”

“There are seven guys here and I am ready to fight any of them. I am concentrated on being the best that I can be. It could be Joe or anybody, it really doesn’t matter who. I’m going to be facing me. I am not worried about anybody else, only myself.”

GLORY “Last Man Standing” will be hosted by the Forum in Inglewood, California.

There’s been no shortage of verbal jabs between Mirko “Cro Cop’s” camp and Jarrell Miller, as the two prepare to rematch at GLORY 17, and that trend continued at the event’s pre-fight presser.

“Cro Cop” decisioned Miller at a K-1 event last March, and the latter has repeatedly questioned the legitimacy of the defeat since. Here is some of what the noted strikers had to say about tonight’s bout, which will headline the even’t SPIKE broadcast.

Mirko Cro Cop

“Everyone has their own style. I don’t like it personally, but if that is how he feels like promoting himself to the media, that is up to him. But personally I don’t like it.”

“I don’t care. Talk is talk and a fight is a fight. If it makes him relaxed, then good for him. I don’t care. No big deal.”

“The strategy will be to kick his ass. I will use my kicks much more than in the previous fight… [to Miller: Don’t interrupt me please!] so we will see what happens in two days. Either you see me knock him out or you see him take care of me. We will see.”

Jarrell Miller

“I talked smack, he didn’t like it, I fought him in his country, they jerked me around. So I’m gonna talk smack, fight him in my country, beat him again and get the right outcome.”

“I’m not playing no games. I didn’t come here all the way from New York to LA just to talk smack and not do my job. I’m gonna do what I do best and that’s kick ass. If you don’t like smack-talk, so what? That’s part of the sport. This is a business. And I back up what I say. Coco-Cop is going down. Look out for it, it’s coming.”

GLORY will hold its latest event in Inglewood, California, Saturday night, and the card will feature a middleweight tourney, a featherweight tourney, a heavyweight title fight, a welterweight title fight, and Mirko “Cro Cop” taking on Jarrell… Read More

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Ghita (photo credit: Ed Diller / GLORY)

By FCF Staff

GLORY will hold its latest event in Inglewood, California, Saturday night, and the card will feature a middleweight tourney, a featherweight tourney, a heavyweight title fight, a welterweight title fight, and Mirko “Cro Cop” taking on Jarrell Miller.

Here are the official weigh-in results for the event. GLORY 17 will be shown on SPIKE, and “Last Man Standing” will be available via online pay-per-view.

Wayne Barrett may be regarded as one of kickboxing’s rising middleweights, but the American striker will face a gauntlet of world class talent when he enters GLORY’s middleweight tourney on June 21st.

The 27 year-old fighter, who was signed by GLORY after just one pro bout, will face Romania’s Bogdan Stoica in the competition’s quarterfinals. In addition to Barrett and the 40 plus fight vet, the tournament will feature established fighters like Simon Marcus, Joe Schilling, Artem Levin, Alex Pereira, Filip Verlinden and Melvin Manhoef. In other words, there are considerable bragging rights in store for whoever wins the tourney

Marcus is set to face Schilling on the same side of the brackett as Barrett, and on the other side, Levin will battle Pereira, and Verlinden will face Manhoef.

“To be honest, the way I think the bracket is set up right now, it’s going to have to be someone, aside from Stoica, Joe (Schilling) or Simon (Marcus), unfortunately,” Barrett noted on Full Contact Fighter Radio recently, when asked to predict who he might face in the competition’s finale. “I plan to be in the final, I know I’m going to be in the final, God willing.”

Wayne Barrett (photo via GLORY)

“I don’t want to put my foot in my mouth, I know that it’s a fight and anything can happen,” added Barrett, who has gone 3-0 to date with GLORY and is coming off a decision win over Schilling. “But I believe that I’ve done my homework on these guys; I’ve been studying these guys before this tournament even came about, and I say that with honor, not disrespect.”

There is no shortage of interesting storylines tied to the middleweight tourney, including the fact that it will mark the promotional debut of Marcus. The 27 year-old Canadian is widely considered to be one of the planet’s best, pound-for-pound strikers, and has joined GLORY with an awe inspiring 39-0-1 record.

“Simon Marcus’s record is unbelievable,” Barrett said. “To be in the ring with him, I don’t just want to be in the ring, I don’t just get in the ring to say ‘oh, it’s an experience,’ I hate when guys say that. I go in there to win. If I’m the guy to give him his first loss then it’s a great honor to beat him. It’s not something for me to boast about; it’s an honor.”

“The best way I can represent myself is to give them the best fight they’ve ever had,” the New York city fighter furthered. “That’s my mindset.”

Barrett also went out of his way to mention the always dangerous Manhoef, who is returning to kickboxing competition for the first time since 2011. According to Barrett, he believes the MMA vet could be one of many who will return to kickboxing in the coming months.

“With the money that is GLORY is paying out, guys from MMA are definitely going to jump ship and come to GLORY,” Barrett relayed. “It’s inevitable. It’s something that you can’t avoid…with this kind of money being out there, and the mistake most guys from MMA say is ‘oh, this is easy’, you don’t have to worry about a takedown, you don’t have to worry about elbows, but when you get in there, you’re like ‘oh snap.’ You know what I mean. It’s different.”

GLORY 17 will be hosted by the Forum in Inglewood, California. “The Last Man Standing” portion of the card, which will also see Daniel Ghita fight Rico Verhoeven for the heavyweight title, will be available via pay-per-view.

Thanks to a boxing career that has seen Jarrell Miller go undefeated in ten fights, the heavyweight didn’t have any immediate plans to return to kickboxing. But, when GLORY came calling to see if he’d… Read More

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Jarrell Miller (photo via RING Bio/Youtube)

By Kelsey Mowatt

Thanks to a boxing career that has seen Jarrell Miller go undefeated in ten fights, the heavyweight didn’t have any immediate plans to return to kickboxing. But, when GLORY came calling to see if he’d be interested in rematching the only man who has defeated him to date, it was an opportunity he couldn’t turn down.

After Sergei Kharitonov was forced to withdraw from a June 21st bout with Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, GLORY contacted the 25 year-old fighter to see if he’d face the renowned striker.

“I mean money talks, bulls–t walks, you know what I mean?” Miller relayed on a recent episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio. “I’ve been offered numerous fights deals to fight in other organizations…the whole focus of the thing had to be right, you offer me the right bait, it’s Cro Cop, okay cool. I’ll whup his ass; how much?”

“Realistically, GLORY has all the right tools to buy me in. They had everything at the right moment to say, ‘you know what J this is it,’ it was now or never, and as a fighter you can’t just watch someone hold up a lot of money,” furthered Miller, who will face Cro Cop live on SPIKE at GLORY 17. “We’re all prize fighters and we do want a prize for the fight at the end of the day. GLORY just had everything; it was the total package.”

Although like many other fighters, Miller believes GLORY has been a driving force behind the resurgence of kickboxing, it remains to be seen if he’ll return to the organization.

“Will I be coming back? I highly doubt it as of right now, but you never know,” said Miller, who is coming off a second round, stoppage win over boxer Joshua Harris in May. “I can’t say never, but as of right now, I’m just so focused on boxing, that Cro Cop is the only reason that I’m taking a short, not a shortcut, a speed bump. I just have to jackhammer this speed bump out of the way before I return to boxing.”

Jarrell Miller (photo via GLORY)

Miller and Cro Cop fought under the K-1 banner last March in the latter’s native Croatia, and Filipovic emerged with the unanimous decision win. According to Miller, however, his first and only pro loss, shouldn’t have happened.

“He just knew how to headbutt, and hold on to me, and get a win in his country…” said Miller. “But I’m just going to whup his ass. Plain and simple. I already know that GLORY is looking for these headbutts, ‘we got to watch out for this’, but I’m telling them, listen, I’m going to give 100 percent, all of me, I’m going to come out ready to kill, but be fair. That’s all I’m saying. The organization, be fair. That’s all I want. I want my fair chance and I’m going to whup his ass.”

In addition to questioning the scoring of their first encounter, Miller has taken aim at the 39 year-old Cro Cop’s age in some of his pre-fight comments. The statements have drawn the ire of Cro Cop’s manager Orsat Zovko, who recently called the heavyweight a “wuss”, and argued the judges made the right call last March.

“That dude is an opportunist, so he needs to stick to what he do, and that’s hide behind a desk, and keep pushing his papers and pens” said Miller, who despite the fact he referred to Cro Cop as an “old fart” on FCF Radio, and said he’ll leave the fighter in a “wheelchair”, acknowledged he’s a legend in the sport. “Leave the fighting to the fighters, and the sh– talking to us, because he’s never stepped a day in the ring.”

GLORY 17 will be hosted by the Forum in Inglewood, California, and the pay-per-view portion of the card will feature Daniel Ghita versus Rico Verhoeven for the heavyweight championship.

After putting together an impressive 19-1 record as an amateur, it hasn’t taken Wayne Barrett long to capture the spotlight of professional kickboxing, and the middleweight says much of that is thanks to GLORY.

After putting together an impressive 19-1 record as an amateur, it hasn’t taken Wayne Barrett long to capture the spotlight of professional kickboxing, and the middleweight says much of that is thanks to GLORY.

The growing promotion signed Barrett to a new deal after the 27 year-old had fought just once as a professional. Since then, the New York fighter has scored three more wins under the GLORY banner, and as a result, Barrett will fight in the promotion’s June 21st middleweight tourney.

“Without GLORY man, I don’t think I’d be who I am and where I am at this point, in such a short period of time,” Barrett relayed on a recent episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio, while discussing the promotion. “GLORY, in a word, is the saviour of kickboxing man. No one in kickboxing has ever seen this kind of money.”

“To think from going from these shows before, it was impossible to even fathom that this would happen in kickboxing,” added Barrett, who is coming off a decision win over veteran Joe Schilling at GLORY 12. “Most of the guys, we just do it for the love of it, and GLORY has basically changed the face of kickboxing.”

While Barrett’s opponent has yet to be officially announced, the 4-0 middleweight will be competing in a tournament which features top 185’ers like the aforementioned Schilling, Simon Marcus, and Artem Levin among others.

“I can’t deny that I see that there’s a difference, that people recognize me, of course, because of GLORY,” said Barrett, when asked if he’s received more media requests and fan recognition in recent months. “Their status and the deals that they’ve been doing, so yeah, people are aware of who I am now, and to be apart of this “Last Man Standing” tournament on June 21st, I’m in there with legends. I’m in there with guys that I grew up watching for years.”

Joe Schilling (left) and Wayne Barrett trade punches

While the GLORY roster features several, top ranked American fighters, many of the promotion’s elite fighters are from abroad. As a result, the argument has consistently been made that GLORY could use a few North American champions to help grow the sport in Canada and the U.S.

“Let’s go with responsibility,” said Barrett, when asked if he feels any pressure to further the sport in America. “I know that I have a chance, and when I think about where GLORY is now, I can’t help but think about where the UFC started. When I first started watching the UFC I didn’t know who these guys were, but the first guys are the biggest names to date still. Those are the guys that everybody remembers.”

“Being so young in my career, I can’t help but think about the responsibility, that in a few years, when GLORY goes mega, mega huge, guys are going to remember who is that American who first started it all. My name is in the mix, and that is definitely a task that is in the back of my head.”

GLORY’s “Last Man Standing” card will be hosted by the Forum in Inglewood, California, and will be available via pay-per-view.

The event will also feature Daniel Ghita taking on Rico Verhoeven for the promotion’s heavyweight title.

The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features talks with GLORY’s Jarrell Miller and Shane Oblonsky, who are both scheduled to fight at the promotion’s June 21st event.

Miller, who is also an undefeated, heavyweight pro boxer, is set to rematch Mirko “Cro Cop” in the main event of the card’s SPIKE broadcast. Miller discusses his desire to face “Cro Cop” again, their initial meeting, as well as his future in combat sports.

Oblonsky, on the other hand, is competing in a one night, featherweight tourney at GLORY 17, and will battle Marcus Vinicius in the opening round. Oblonsky weighs in on the match-up, his career, and the fact he is no longer fighting Miguel Torres as originally scheduled.